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Toivo Kuula

1883 - 1918

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Toivo Timoteus Kuula (7 July 1883 – 18 May 1918) was a Finnish composer and conductor of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods, who emerged in the wake of Jean Sibelius, under whom he studied privately from 1906 to 1908. The core of Kuula's oeuvre are his many works for voice and orchestra, in particular the Stabat mater (1914–18; completed by Madetoja), The Sea-Bathing Maidens (1910), Son of a Slave (1910), and The Maiden and the Boyar's Son (1912). In addition he also composed two Ostrobothnian Suites for orchestra and left an unfinished symphony at the time of his murder in 1918 in a drunken quarrel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Toivo Kuula is the 1,094th most popular composer (down from 1,082nd in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Finland (down from 241st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Finnish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Toivo Kuula ranks 1,094 out of 1,451Before him are Henri Pousseur, Valeri Brainin, Simeon ten Holt, Percy Faith, William Lawes, and Patrick Doyle. After him are Johann Nicolaus Bach, Felice Anerio, Jānis Ivanovs, Karl Klindworth, Peter H. Gilmore, and Cyril Scott.

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Among people born in 1883, Toivo Kuula ranks 191Before him are Franklin Clarence Mars, Tom Moore, Joachim Ringelnatz, Abdul Muis, Şemsettin Günaltay, and Emil Voigt. After him are Stanley Bruce, Emil Rausch, Robert Lowie, Élie Lescot, Gheorghe Argeșanu, and Ernst Stadler. Among people deceased in 1918, Toivo Kuula ranks 144Before him are Maxime Maufra, Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg, Robbie Ross, Marcel Deprez, Helene von Druskowitz, and Eduard von Keyserling. After him are Margit Kaffka, John McCrae, Virgilio Fossati, Marianne Cope, Martin Sheridan, and Henri Tauzin.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Toivo Kuula ranks 255 out of 751Before him are Antti Hackzell (1881), Veli Saarinen (1902), Erkki Tuomioja (1946), Oskar Gripenberg (1838), Rudolf Walden (1878), and Eino Penttilä (1906). After him are Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Nils Torvalds (1945), Alexi Laiho (1979), and Matti Salminen (1945).

Among COMPOSERS In Finland

Among composers born in Finland, Toivo Kuula ranks 12Before him are Martin Wegelius (1846), Selim Palmgren (1878), Leevi Madetoja (1887), Erkki Aaltonen (1910), Kalevi Aho (1949), and Magnus Lindberg (1958). After him are Joonas Kokkonen (1921).